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Adventures in Assimilation

Welcome to "The Land Between", a personal perspective blog from Lao Peoples
Democratic Republic (Laos). The author, Joanna Cummings, is currently
residing in Vientiane, Lao as part of her position at OHSU Global –SE Asia to
build the first nutrition institute in Lao and train the first dietitians in
the country. She writes about events, culture, travel, customs, and other
experiences as she learns the art of assimilation into the Lao way.

The United States government has provided US$3.7 million or about 30 billion kip for the construction of the Lao-American Nutrition Institute (LANI) in Dongphosy village, Hadxaifong district, Vientiane.

Recent News

We
have just returned from our latest trip to SE Asia with the OHSU Provost, Dean
of Medicine, Dean of Nursing and Chair of the Casey Eye Institute. Following
this trip we feel we have clarity around our 5 bodies of work in SE Asia, which
are as follows:

Student and faculty exchanges with our new sister institution, Mahidol
University, and research collaborations in non-communicable and infectious
diseases with Mahidol School of Nursing and Siriraj Medical School of Mahidol
University